Here are five things to know about Betsy DeVos, who will face questions Tuesday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. President-elect Donald Trump nominated DeVos for U.S. Secretary of Education in November.

1. A top Michigan GOP fund-raiser

As a member of the DeVos clan of west Michigan, she is one of the top Republican fund-raisers in the state. The family has given millions over the years — including about $10 million in the most recent political cycle — to elect Republicans, including to the campaign efforts of two other presidential candidates, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

The family is also charitable. The Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation gave $11.6 million in 2015, with the largest chunk being $3 million to education causes. In addition, $357,000 was given to education reform initiatives.

Betsy DeVos served as chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party twice, for a total of six years.

2. A husband who ran for governor, and other interesting family ties

DeVos' husband, Dick, is the son of Amway cofounder Richard DeVos. He ran as the Republican nominee for Michigan governor against the incumbent, Jennifer Granholm, in 2006, and lost. She’s the daughter of west Michigan businessman Edgar Prince, whose auto supplier company made lighted visors and many other products before being sold to Johnson Controls in 1996. Her brother, Erik Prince, is a former Navy SEAL who founded the private security company Blackwater, which came under criticism for actions during the Iraq War.

3. College and first jobs

She received a bachelor's degree in 1979 from Calvin College, a Christian liberal arts college in Grand Rapids. While in college she worked on the third shift of Prince Corp., according to the questionnaire she filled out for the congressional committee she will testify before. Other early jobs: retail clerk at Gantos in Grand Rapids and marketing analyst at Amway.

4. A big vouchers advocate ...

DeVos and her husband led a failed effort in 2000 to amend the Michigan Constitution to provide vouchers that would allow students to attend private schools at public expense.

5. And a backer of school choice

Until recently, DeVos served on the board of directors for the Great Lakes Education Project, which advocates for school choice and charter schools. She also recently stepped down from her position chairing the board of directors of the American Federation for Children, another choice advocacy group. She and her husband have been big backers of charter schools in Michigan, heavily funding candidates who share their views, and pushing back against efforts to require more accountability of charter schools. She encouraged her husband to use his passion for flying to create a charter school, which became the West Michigan Aviation Academy.